Tag safety-pin



L. 0. 50m), TAG SAFETY FIN. v APPLICATION FILEQ ]AN.25, I92].

PatntedSept. 6,1921.

grvuemtoz ill? LOBEN C. BOND, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TAG SAFETY-PIN.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Sept. 6,1921.

Application filed-Tannery 25, 1921. Serial No. &39,731.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lonniv C. Bonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag Safety-Pins; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel safety pin designed for attaching tags and the like to bathing suits, ordinary parcels, etc; and for checking purposes. The pin is also useful as an ordinary safety pin.

One object of the invention is to provide a wire pin which will have no overlapping contacting metallic parts when the pin is unfastened, so that all parts of the pin will readily dry, and there are no overlapping parts to hold moisture which would cause corrosion; and wherein the point of the pin will be securely guarded when the pin is attached.

7 Another object is to provide atag at taching pin whereby a tag may be securely connected to garments, such tag being preferably attached to the guard end of the pin so that the tag can be used as means for holding the guard end of the pin while the point of the pin is being engaged with or disengaged from a garment or the like.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have v illustrated pins embodying the invention form of pin.

and will describe the same with reference to such drawings, and set forth in the claims the novel features of construction and combinations of parts for which protection is desired.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a face view of the preferred Fig. 2 is a side View of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 andl are similar face and edge views of a modification of the pin.

Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of modifications of the pin.

Fig. 7 is a view of the pin shown in Figs. 1 and 2 opened.

Fig. 8 is a detail view showing how the loop end of the pin may be formed with an open coil.

Each pin shown is composed of a single piece of wire bent to form a major loop one side of which forms the tongue member 1 of the pin and the opposite side forms the 1 the wire is again bent to form a. short loop 5lying at approximately right angles to the loop 4: and at the side of the tongue member 1 opposite the bend 3. Beyond and adjacent the loop 5 the wire is again bent to form another loop 6 parallel with the loop 4:, see Fig. 2 and beyond and adjacent loop 6 the wire is again bent to form another loop 7 lying parallel with loop 5, but at the side of the tongue member opposite loop 5. Be

yond and adjacent the extremity of loop 7 the wire is again bent to form a loop 8 parallel with the part 6, this loop 8 lying at right angles to the tongue member 1; and beyond and adjacent loop 8 the wire is bent into a final loop 9; the extremity of the wire I in loop Qlying close to the end of the loop 9. The loops 4:, 6 and 8 of the pin are at substantially rightangles to the tongue member and shank 2 of the, pin (see Fig. 2). The bend 3 is at right angles to the loops 4:, 6 and8 (Figs. 1-27); and the loops 5, 7 and 9 areat right angles to loops t, 6 and 8 and also to the bend 3 (see Figs. 2 and 7).

A tag T or' other object formed of metal or other suitable material may be hung on the pin adjacent the guard end thereof. In the examples shown in Figspl, 2 and 7 the tag is engaged with the bend 3 and may be inserted thereon by engaging the eye of the tag with the point of the member 1 and then sliding the tag along the members 1 and 2 and past the loop9 into the bend 8. The

bend 3 may be shaped to retain the tag in place and the loop 9 of the wire will retain the tag Tin place on and within the bend 3, so that thetag can not be detached from the pin except forcibly. The tag may be forcibly engaged with the bend 8 by sliding the eye of the tag along the tongue member and shank and forcing it into'the position shown beyond the loop 9 of the pin and into the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7.

In the pin shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the bend 3 is omitted and the end of the shank member 2 is turned at right angles toward the tongue 1 as indicated at. 3 and bent into a loop 4? (corresponding to the loop 4:) lying at right angles to the tongue member 1 and forming a guard therefor. Following loop 4 the wire is bent into a loop 5*, lying at right angles to the loop 4' and at the side of the tongue member opposite the part 3*; and following loop 5 the wire is bent into a loop 6 parallel with the loop 4 andforming a further guard for the pin pointffollowing loop 6 the wire is bent forwardly in the plane of the tongue member 1 and shank member 2 for a shortdistance as at 7 and is thenbent to form an eye 8?with which the tag T is engaged, as shown, thus securely fastening the tag to the pin.

In the modification shown in Figs." 5 and 6 the wire is bent to form the tongue member 1, shank member 2, bend 3 and loops 4, 5 and 6, and the extension 7 as in Figs. 3 and 4; but'instead of the extremity of the wire being formed into an eye 8 (Figs 3 and 4) it is formed into a loop 8 with which the tag T is engaged, and following this loop 8 the wire is bent into a loop 9? which lies parallel with the loops 45 and 6 and forms a third guard for the point of the tongue member 1. g

If desired instead of themembers 1 and 2 being united by a simple return bend in the wire as in Figs. 1 to 7, the wire might be formed at the return bendinto an open coil 12 as indicated in Fig. 8.

The shape of each pin will be clearly understood from the drawings, and of course the various consecutive loops merge into each other, as each pin is formed of one continuous piece of wire.

The tag may be conveniently used as a handle to guide the pin members when inserting same into fabrics, or when engaging or disengaging the pin points from ,the guards. The tags can be suitably numbered or marked in code or otherwise when used for checking purposes. The tags are so connected to the pins that they are securely held when in place. The tags may range in shape and size according to desired requirements.

My pins may be formed of steel, brass or other suitable metal wire and be made of any desired size to suit requirements. It will be seen that in each instance the'tag is securely and yet detachably connected with the pin, that the point ofthe tongue member is securely guarded by the transverse loops and retained between the opposed parallel loops of the wire, said loops together forming thepoint guard and retainer, that whenquickoxidization of the metal and ruins the What I claim is:

1'. As a new article of manufacture, a safety pin made of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a tongue and shank member, the wire being bent at the end of the shank member to form a tag retaining loop and a guard and retainer for the point of the tongue member, said guard comprising a plurality of transversely disposed loops and longitudinally disposed loops, substantially as described. I

2. In combination with a pin as set forth in claim 1, a tag suspended in the tag retaining loop at the-guard end of the pin, said loop being disposed so that the tag lies in the plane of the tongue and shank member, substantially as described.

3. A wire safety pin formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a tongue member which is pointed and a shank lying in the plane of the tongue member; the wire at the extremity of the shank adjacent the point of the tongue extending beyond the point and bentto form a tag retaining loop, and the wire again bent to form a plurality of alternately transversely and longitudinally disposed loops to the inside of the tag retaining loop, the transverse loopscextending across the plane of the tongue member and the longitudinallydisposed loops being arranged on opposite sides of the plane of the tongue member, said transverse and longitudinally disposed loops together forming a retainer and guard for the tongue member.

4. In combination with a pin as set forth in claim 3, a tag having a perforation detachably engaged with the tag retaining loop of the wire, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature.

LOREN C. BOND. 

